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The surname Ryba

A Czech surname, carried by 1,692 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R100

Ryba: #16,860 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ryba #16,860, 1,692 people Ryba: #16,860 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ryba #16,860, 1,692 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ryba is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech Ryba, Polish Ryba, and Slovak Ryba.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,692 people named Ryba in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,474 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,699.

#16,860
rank among US surnames
1,692
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
-0.4%
change since 2000 (was #15,765)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,856Loiacono1,693182,366
#16,860Cermak1,692182,474
#16,864Doyal1,691182,582
#16,868Chmiel1,690182,690

Who is named Ryba

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Ryba identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ryba come from?
Borrowed from Czech Ryba, Polish Ryba, and Slovak Ryba.
How common is the surname Ryba?
1,692 people in the United States had the surname Ryba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,474 Americans. It ranked 16,860th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ryba?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ryba identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Ryba getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,692 in 2010, down 0.4%.